Object
Preferred Options for Sites
Representation ID: 63258
Received: 19/03/2014
Respondent: Mr Philip Barton
Objection due to:
* Very heavy morning and evening traffic on A4177 Birmingham Road and likely to get heavier with development.
* Unsafe proximity to A4177 for children and animals.
* Detrimental to Warwick scenic approach from north.
* Sale of the site possible conflict of interest?
* Majority of GT13 negative reasons apply to GT19.
I object to the use of this land for the following reasons:
The traffic on the A4177 is already very heavy in mornings and evenings, due in part to vehicles turning into Ugly Bridge Road and the Shell Filling Station. Additional traffic will be added by the proposed development opposite this site and adjacent to Hatton Park.
Having Gypsy and Traveller children and animals in the field adjacent to the road is unsafe due to traffic speed and volume.
This approach to Warwick is frequently used by visitors to the town and castle from the north who prefer not to use the motorway or have used the Scenic Drive along the B4439 Hockley Road - to have such a site will not provide an attractive approach to the town.
The sale and use of the site by or for Warwick DC by a former Warwickshire Councillor is surely a conflict of interest?
The reasons used against site GT13 (Kites Nest Lane) making it unsuitable also apply in the majority for GT19:
* Green Belt
* Remote from services and facilities
* High quality landscape
* Access issues